Attack on Titan - Subtitles
Added 2021-11-24 21:20:00 +0000 UTCEDIT: Thank you so much for helping me out! I have made a decision, and will go with the "Naruto solution" for the subtitles. Plus, as someone mentioned, it might also make things easier for me when it comes to copyright claims.
Hello everyone! I have been dealing with something the entire day today, and I could really use your help here. Sorry for the wall of text:
Since we started the second season, the subtitles over on Crunchyroll got really small compared to the first season and the OVA's. It's not an issue when we are watching the episodes on our television, but I can barely read them when I am editing, and therefore it stands to reason that the people watching our videos probably can't see them very well either. Because of that I decided to switch from Crunchyroll to Wakanim (the only other website with AoT we can access here in Denmark) - but the subtitles are only slightly bigger there. So now I am trying something different, where I enlarge the episode so the subtitles are bigger, and then I crop the top, bottom, and the sides, so the whole thing is still the same size as usual - for the sake of continuity, but also so the episode won't end up blocking us and our reactions. I have attached pictures that show the differences between the original episode size, the enlarged/cropped version, and then there's also the thing I did with the Naruto reactions, where I only enlarged the bottom (subtitle) part of the episode.
I really want this to be the best viewing experience possible for you all, but there are no perfect options as far as I can see. So it's either the whole picture but with small and almost unreadable subtitles, a cropped picture but with bigger and more readable subtitles, OR the "Naruto solution" - What do you guys prefer? Or do you have any suggestions? It could of course also just be me who is overthinking the whole thing, and making it into a way bigger problem than what it actually is.. Let me know in the comments 😅
We can't watch it on Hulu, Netflix or Amazon Prime, and we can't buy the series online on iTunes store or anything like that either. I have thought about buying it on DVD or Blu-Ray, but the computer I am editing on doesn't have a disc drive, so for right now that wouldn't be a solution either. Plus, it would most likely take a while before we received them in the mail.
I was also planning on posting the early reaction to S02E01 today, but because of all of the stuff I mentioned above, it has been delayed till tomorrow.
Thank you so much for all of your support as usual!
We really wouldn't be able to do any of this without you 💜
Sonny
Comments
Nice! :D
Sarai Olivares
2021-11-25 22:05:46 +0000 UTCWe are changing to Wakanim. It’s almost the same as CR, except it’s cheaper. I am also quite certain it’s the Blu Ray versions instead of the regular ones we’ve been watching so far.
Sonny Mike Olsen
2021-11-25 21:05:41 +0000 UTCFunimation isn’t available in our country, unfortunately. But we use Wakanim instead - it’s basically the same 😊
Sonny Mike Olsen
2021-11-25 21:03:38 +0000 UTCquestion : that means you guys changed to wakamin ? you guys are going to keep watching from CR ? 😯
Sarai Olivares
2021-11-25 20:24:21 +0000 UTCWhat about funamation? Also enlarged is good don’t mind 😊
Elder
2021-11-25 19:51:22 +0000 UTCI usually follow you with the subtitles only (I don’t have a second screen to watch with my BR). So crop or enlarge the subtitles, I’m good with both, but for YT, I guess enlarging the subtitles is the best solution
Mysthe
2021-11-25 15:44:02 +0000 UTCThe Naruto option with the larger subtitles would be appreciated from my perspective, I am mostly not watching along at the same time and just watching to see your reactions to what's going on, which is hard if I can't read what's happening aha, but as others have said, which ever is easiest for you!
Asylum
2021-11-25 14:35:42 +0000 UTCI think cropped picture is fine tbh, mostly I'm following along with where you're at based on audio and subtitles, as I've already seen the series. An alternative would be to use fansub SRTs and render the subtitles onto your video directly, outside the image area. I can see how that might get confusing as you may see different words than we do, but I think it wouldn't bother me at least.
Anna Kyruin
2021-11-25 05:41:43 +0000 UTCAll of them are fine. Whichever is the easiest for you :)
m_yshd
2021-11-25 05:08:27 +0000 UTCim ok with cropped picture
TheDeadSwan
2021-11-25 04:39:47 +0000 UTCI don't need subtitles anymore. I memorized all the dialogue from countless repeat watching 😂
shinji_86
2021-11-25 02:16:24 +0000 UTCChosee what's best for you guys,whatever makes the watching expirience easy and comfortable, since I've watched the series many times already, I have no problem with it ,as I'm here for your guys' opinions/reviews/theories on the show. („• ᴗ •„)
Sarai Olivares
2021-11-25 00:39:32 +0000 UTCIt might be time to start thinking in torrents my dude.
Doug Weldin
2021-11-24 23:38:04 +0000 UTCFor me all options are fine 'cause I'm watching the full reactions with my own copy of the series. But YouTube subs would prefer "Naruto", I guess.
2021-11-24 23:17:42 +0000 UTCImho, legibility is more important so #3 “Naruto”. Also used to it with how lots of reactors handle the copyright strikes and either the blur, the watermark, both, and basically only having the subtitles anyway.
nordquist7516
2021-11-24 22:46:16 +0000 UTCWell as your full reactions are timer based, think everybody in Patreon is watching with their own picture-in-picture mode their own version of it with you reaction...or that is what I am doing =). Point is doesn't change anything for me if subs are smaller...
Thamor
2021-11-24 22:28:58 +0000 UTCBoth options look great, it depends on whatever is easiest for you!
BB
2021-11-24 22:05:52 +0000 UTCNaruto option looks great to me. But honestly any of them are fine.
mapo picker
2021-11-24 21:58:08 +0000 UTCMost reactions that I watch usually do the naruto solution of just enlarging the subtitle bottom area.
Nely
2021-11-24 21:54:55 +0000 UTCWell, for me is not a problem because I watch the full reaction with my own copy of the episode, but for YouTube, I think the Naruto solution is the way.
CsrM40
2021-11-24 21:43:16 +0000 UTCThanks 😊 And yeah the USB disk drive could be a solution down the road as well, for sure.
Sonny Mike Olsen
2021-11-24 21:39:13 +0000 UTCHey! So I'm all for the best legibility, so the Naruto Solution® seems the best option to me =) Also, as a longer-term thang, external USB Blu Ray players are not terribly expensive (just a quick look at Amazon shows $70 - $125-ish US) -- maybe that might work if no other option presents itself as worthy ;-)
Apocalypse Cow
2021-11-24 21:27:41 +0000 UTC
